Receptacle for garments, clothing, and the like.



J. FREID.

RBGEPTACLE FOB. GARMBNTS, CLOTHING, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.12, 1914.

1,1 33,018. Patented Mar. 23, 1915. v

A TTORA/EYS JOHN FREID, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECEPTAGLE FOR GARMENTS, CLOTHING, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 23-, 191 5.

Application filed January 12, 1914. Serial No. 811,546.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN Fnnn), a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Receptacles for Garments, Clothing, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to receptacles for garments, clothing and the like of the type commonly known as moth bags and has for its object to provide a receptacle of this kind which will effectively protect the garments, clothing and the like from dust and against moths or other fabric destroying insects.

A further object of my improvement is to construct such receptacles in a manner to permit the garments, clothing and the like to be readily suspended or otherwise placed therein and easily removed therefrom.

My invention also contemplates the provision in said receptacles of one or more containers for moth balls or other insect repelling material, and the combination of said containers with the receptacle in such a manner that the latter will form a means for sealing the former to maintain the moth balls or other material in such containers.

My improvement will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyin drawings in which igure 1 is a front elevation of my 1mproved receptacle in its open condition and with parts broken away; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged details of the containers for the moth balls or the like illustrating the method of sealing and unsealing the same; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail cross-section thereof.

As shown in the drawings the receptacle comprises a preferably rectangular bag like body 5 constructed of any suitable material such as fabric, canvas or the like and provided in one face with an opening 6 through which the contents may be introduced and removed. In the illustrated form the said openin 6 is of substantially the entire width of the ody 5 and of about half the length thereof and is closed by means of a flap 7 movable about a transverse fold 7 and provided with fastening devices 8. The said fastening devices 8 are adapted to cooperate with fastening devices 9 located on the body :5 around the opening 6 to secure the flap 7 in its closed position and are sufficient in number to effectively seal the receptacle against the entrance of dirt and other foreign matter. The cooperating fastening devices 8 and 9 may be of any desired kind as for instance buttons and button holes, hooks and eyes or as shown may be of well known glove fastener type. My improved receptacle further includes containers 10 of an suitable rigid material and comprising pre erably U-shaped troughs open toward the interior of the receptacle and also open at least at one end. The said containers 10 are provided with netting or other foraminated material 11 adapted to maintain the moth balls 12 or other insect repelling material in position therein and permit the fumes thereof to readily reach the interior of the body 5 and the contents thereof. The said netting or other material 11 may be secured in position in the containers in any suitable manner as by cross-pins 13 located at intervals and at a distance from the open end of the said containers. The latter in the illustrated example are located at opposite ends of the body 5 and correspond in length to the Width of said body so that the material of which the latter is constructed extends over the ends of said containers 10 preferably under a tension and serves to effectively close the open end or ends thereof. The body 5 is preferably secured to the containers 10 in any convenient manner as by tacking, the said containers owing to their rigidity also serving as Spreaders to keep the body in an extended condition as will be clearly apparent from an inspection of Fig. 1. When it is desired to remove or introduce the moth balls or the like 12 from and to the containers 10 the body material is drawn back to uncover the open end thereof as shown in Fig. 4, this being readily possible owing to the flexibility of the said material. The introduction or removal of the moth balls or the like 12 into and from said containers may be facilitated by bending or moving the end of the netting or other foraminated material 11 about the end pin 13 as shown by dotted lines in said Fig. 4-.

A suspending device 14 such as a hook or the like is provided .at the upper end of the receptacle for suspending same and a similar device 15 is located at said upper end interiorly of the body from which the garments, clothing or other contents may be' hung.

It will be seen that it is a simple matter to introduce and remove the contents to and from the receptacle owing to the relatively large opening 6 and to the fact that the body isheld in a spread condition by the containers 10. The said contents are completely protected when the flap 7 is closed, after which the receptacle with its contents may be suspended in any desired location from the hook ll. The present construction also provides for the readv introduction and removal of the moth balls or the like 12 to and from the containers in a simple and easy manner. By utilizing the body material itself to close the open end or ends of said containers 10, the danger of tampering therewith is obviated as the method of closing is not at once apparent and yet is simple and easy to manipulate by one familiar with the construction. With the present construction mutilation of the body material for the accommodation of extraneous de vices to close the open end or ends of the containers is also avoided.

It is to be understood that-in some cases the lower container 10 may be omitted and also that one or both ends of either, container may be open and sealed by the body material as described. It is further to be understood that the receptacle may be opened or closed in other ways than that shown, and that the closing flap may be otherwise'arranged as long as it is possible to introduce and remove the contents and to properly close the body to protect the same.

Various changes in the specific construction shown and described may be made within the scope of/the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

1 claim:

1, A receptacle of the kind described comprising a body of flexible material, open ended trough like containers extending across said body at opposite ends to spread the same, and facing inwardly, said body material extending over the open ends of said containers under tension to seal the same and foraminated means forming the inner faces of said containers.

2. A receptacle of the kind described comprising a body of flexible material having an opening in one face, a flap for closing said opening movable about a transverse fold, cooperating fastening devices on said body and flap for receiving said flap in its closed position, open ended containers extending across said body at opposite-ends ,of said body to spread the same, said body material extending over the opposite ends of said containers to seal the same and foraminated means forming the inner faces of said containers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. JOHN FREID.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. KEHLENBECK, F. WILLIAM WECKMANN. 

